Latin Names (Meanings) Flashcards
(127 cards)
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abyssinica
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from Abysinnia (Ethiopia) (North Africa)
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acaulis
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stemless
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aestivalis
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flowering in spring
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alba
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white
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alpestris
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from mountains
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alpicola
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from mountains
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alpina
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from the alps
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altissima
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tallest
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angustifolia
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narrow-leaved
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-antha
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-flowered (e.g. micrantha = small-flowered)
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arboricola
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living on trees
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arenaria
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from sandy places
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argentea
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silvery
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armata
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prickly
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arvensis
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of the field
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aurantiaca
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orange
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aurea
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golden, yellow
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azurea
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blue
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barbata
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bearded, hairy
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bellidifolia
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with leaves like those of a daisy
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borealis
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from the north
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caerulea
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blue
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caespitosa
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dense
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campanulata
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campanulate, like a bell
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campestris
of the field
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canariensis
from the Canary Isles
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capensis
from the Cape, South Africa
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chrysantha
yellow
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clivora
from the hills
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coccinea
red
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digitata
(leaves) like a hand, with five lobes
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edulis
edible
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esculenta
edible
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farinosa
floury, powdery
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ficifolia
like a fig leaf
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flava
yellow
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-flora
-flowered (e.g. viridiflora = green-flowered)
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foliosa
leafy
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fruticosa
shrubby
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glabra
smooth
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glacialis
from cold areas
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graminifolia
with grassy leaves
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grandiflora
large-flowered
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grandis
big
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helvetica
from Switzerland
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hirsuta
hairy
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hispida
bristly
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humilis
short
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hyemalis
of winter
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incana
grey
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inodora
unscented
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integrifolia
entire, undivided (leaves)
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japonica
from Japan
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lanata
woolly
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lanceolata
lance-shaped (leaves)
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latifolia
wide-leaved
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longifolia
with long leaves
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lutea
yellow
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macrantha
large flowered
| macro- = large- (e.g. macrorhiza = large-rooted)
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macrocarpa
large-fruited
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macrophylla
with large leaves
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macrorrhiza
with large roots
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maculata
spotted
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magellanica
from the south of South America
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magna
big
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majus
bigger
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maritima
maritime, near the sea
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maxima
biggest
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micrantha
small flowered
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microphylla
with small leaves
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millefolia
with many (thousands of) leaves
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minima
small
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minor
smaller
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nana
small
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ochroleuca
cream
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odorata
perfumed
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officinalis
with herbal uses
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pallida
cream
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palustris
from marshes
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parvi-
small- (e.g. parivflora = small-flowered)
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parviflora
small flowered
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parvifolia
with small leaves
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pauci-
few- (e.g. pauciflora =few-flowered)
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pauciflora
few-flowered
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pendula
hanging
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phoenicea
purple
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-phylla
-leaved (e.g. macrophylla = large-leaved)
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pinnata
with pinnate leaves
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poly-
many (e.g polyantha = many-flowered)
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polyphylla
with many leaves, leafy
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praecox
early, of spring
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pratensis
field
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procumbens
creeping
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pulverulenta
dusty
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pumila
small
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punica/rubra
red
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purpurea
deep pink
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quercifolia
oak-leaved
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rediviva/semperviva
perennial
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rivalis/rivularis
from near rivers
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rupestris/rupicola
of hills
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sanguinea
blood-red
103
sativa
cultivated
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saxatilis
of rocks
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scaber/scandens
climbing
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sibirica
from Siberia
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sinense
from China
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somnifera
inducing sleep
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spicata
spiked
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spinosa
spiny
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stellata
starry
112
sulphurea
yellow
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sylvestris
of woods
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tenuifolia
with thin, narrow leaves
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texensis
from Texas
116
tomentosa
tomentose, woolly
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trifoliata
trifoliate, with three-lobed leaves
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umbellata
unbellate, with flowers in an umbel
119
velutina
velvety
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vernalis
of spring
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villosa
hairy
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violacea
violet
123
viridis
green
124
viscosa
sticky
125
vitifolia
with leaves like a vine
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volubilis
twining
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vulgaris
common
